Course code (IOK0001NABB) – Hungarian Language SHI I.

Fall Semester, Academic Year 2022/23

Course leader: Judit MAGYAR

Lecturer(s): Zsanett ERDŐHÁTI-NAGY

Department: Corvinus University of Budapest

Centre of Foreign Language Education
Office hours: Tuesday 11 :30-12 :30

Availability:
Room: 549
Email address: Zsanett.erdohati-nagy@uni-corvinus.hu
Course type: Compulsory
Prerequisites: No need of preliminary studies of Hungarian. Basic skills in learning
languages are expected.
Credits: 3

Number of hours per Two 90-minute-classes per week

semester
Time of class:
Venue: offline

Aims and objectives and description of the course:

The course is offered to Hungaricum Stipendium Scholarship holders who want to acquire a basic
command of the Hungarian language which would help them to obtain simple information and to
express their requests and/or messages in a simple form. By the end of two semesters an A1 level
exam will be taken.

Learning outcomes:
Students will acquire a basic command of the Hungarian language.
Having done this course, students will be able to read and pronounce the Hungarian alphabet and to
get acquainted with the basics of Hungarian grammar.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge in simple everyday communication. They will be able to
understand some basic phrases and to ask for information.
Students will be capable to better manage their everyday and leisure time activities in Hungary, e.g.
shopping food in market halls, ordering drinks and food in bars and restaurants, making appointments
with friends.

Course description
The course makes students acquainted with the Hungarian vowels and consonants and the rules of
Hungarian pronunciation by means of phonetic exercises. Achievement of correct pronunciation is a
very important goal of the course. Another important goal is to teach students as quickly as possible to
use simple colloquial panels as: introduction, ask for simpler information, understanding of slow and
simple answers, shopping situation: asking for prices, expressing a short opinion, expressions of polite
behaviour (greetings, showing interest in other persons' state, farewell etc.). Short descriptions including
students‟ own personal data, and brief dialogues about leisure activities will also be taught. In
accordance with this aim, the lexical material contains the most important adjectives and the ordinal
numbers, and basic verbs and nouns for use in everyday situations.

Methodology to be used:
The course relies on intensive practice on the part of teachers and students alike, and enjoyable,
personally interesting elements of role play. Methods used throughout the whole length of the course
are working in pairs and small groups, working with cards (in offline courses) and pictures, playing
online interactive games. Active student involvement is a key element of the learning process.

Detailed class schedule, 1st – 12th week:

Date of class Topics to be discussed, readings required for the class

Week 1 Introduction to Hungary. Language, history, sights, gastronomy, useful

Sept 18-22 hints.
Week 2 Hungarian phonemes and the alphabet. Vowel harmony in Hungarian. The
Sept 25-29 definite article: a, az. Greetings. Informal and formal introductions.
Conjugation of the verb “van”.
Week 3 Detailed introduction. Countries of the world. Nationalities and languages.
Oct.2-6 Where do you live? -ban/- ben, -ul/-ül What language do you speak?.
Week 4 Indefinite verb conjugation, regular verbs. (tud, beszél, tanul)
Oct 9-13 Composition 1. (Introducing yourself)
Quiz 1 Possessive endings: my and your (-m, -d). Numbers. Address, phone
(greetings, the verb to numbers. My country.
be, languages)
Week 5 Professions. My family: family members + possessive endings (-m,-d)
Oct 16-20 Composition 2.( My country and my family)
At the doctors. Body Parts. Possessive review. ‘Fáj a ….” (handout)

Week 6
Oct 23 National Holiday-no classes (Only one class for many groups this week!)
Oct 24-27
Quiz 2. Dialogues at the doctor’s, in a hospital, calling the ambulance.
(jobs & family members)
Autumn break Oct 30-Nov 3 NO classes
Homework for the break: Chapter 5: Foods and drinks (pictures + audio)

Food and drink. Amount. The object ending (accusative). At the market:
Week 7 dialogue.
Nov 6-10

Week 8 How are you? Objects in common use. Objects and characteristics.
Nov 13-17 Opposites. The demonstrative pronoun. Possessive endings: 3rd person
Quiz 3 singular. Negation of the verb ”to be”.
(Food items &
measurement)
Week 9 Technical problems. The infinitive. The auxiliary verb “tud”. How much does
Nov 20-24 it cost? Human characteristics. What kind of person is he/she? Word order
 of a negation.
Composition 3. (An e-mail to a friend describing your school or workplace)
Week 10 Intransitive and transitive verbs (page 189). The object ending (accusative).
Nov 2-Dec 1 (Just the vocabulary, no conjugation.)
Quiz 5
(adjectives describing a
person)
Week 11 Telling the time, time expressions. (p.43-45)
Dec 4-8
Week 12 Revision.
Dec 11-15 Oral mini exam in the last class (3-4 minutes per person).

Assignments
Grades are earned by the students based on their class attendance, class participation, quizzes,
homework and a short oral exam (speaking about themselves).

Grades are not negotiable.

35% participation in class

25% 4 Quizzes
25% 3 Portfolio compositions
15% Oral mini exam in class

Class attendance

Participation in classes is an important part of the process and understanding of the subject.
Regular attendance, at least 18 sessions out of 24, is mandatory. Partial seminar attendance is counted
as absence. Attendance will be checked in every session from week two onwards.
If absences reach or exceed 6 occasions, a “not signed” (aláírás megtagadva”) grade will be given and
the student will not have the option of taking the quizzes or the mini oral exam, but shall have to retake
the course in a subsequent semester.
GP’s certificates will not be accepted. If the student has exceeded the allowed number of absences,
only verifiable, official hospital- or treatment center documentation proving hospital treatment or
permanent illness shall be accepted.
In exceptional cases (hospital treatment, permanent illness) provided that the total absence is less than
50%, the instructor can (if he/she so decides) give an opportunity for supplement. Study and
Examination Regulations – 21§ (3) and (5).

Compulsory readings:
Szita Szilvia_Pelcz Katalin: MagyarOK A1 Kompakt

Websites to be used:
http://magyar-ok.hu/en/home.html
https://aktiv-magyar-ok.hu

Recommended readings:
A Practical Hungarian Grammar